A Bumpy Road to Power

Chapter 438 438: Easier to Be a General Than a Marshal

This hidden danger is Michael Hall.

Not only did he not receive any benefits, but he was also subtly mocked by Fabian Ford.

Michael Hall is a petty person, and he simply cannot swallow this grievance.

So as soon as Fabian Vincent left.

Michael Hall knocked on Cornell Morgan's office door.

Cornell Morgan, 38 this year, had been transferred to Koryn City for just half a year.

Before this, he was the secretary to Duncan Linden, deputy chairman of Janton State's People's Congress.

Duncan Linden previously served as the municipal party secretary of Rexton City. After he left, the current municipal party secretary, Herman Bates, took over his position.

Last year.

Fabian Vincent personally drafted a proposal to establish the Economic Development District in Koryn City.

This proposal piqued the interest of the provincial leaders.

During this year's Two Sessions, the proposal was approved.

Koryn City Economic Development District was officially launched.

Before the Two Sessions, Duncan Linden's secretary, Cornell Morgan, was delegated to Koryn City to serve as deputy mayor.

After the proposal was approved.

With the Koryn City Committee's approval, Deputy Mayor Cornell Morgan was appointed the first district committee secretary of the Economic Development District.

Cornell Morgan had been by Duncan Linden's side for ten years.

He had always been a close confidant.

As a secretary to provincial leaders, he naturally was quite arrogant as well.

When he first arrived in Koryn City, he dismissed everyone, and coupled with his natural flirtatiousness, he was often involved in scandals, and this time was almost ruined by Fabian Vincent. Fortunately, at a crucial moment, the leadership intervened, helping him through the crisis.

Today Fabian Vincent came to facilitate Dirk Carter's appointment.

Harboring resentment, he didn't show up at all.

He completely disregarded Fabian Vincent.

"Oh, Minister Liu is here, have a seat, please sit."

Seeing Michael Hall, Cornell Morgan was still quite warm.

He actively invited him to sit on the sofa.

"Mayor Morgan, am I interrupting your work?"

It should be known that, as the Executive Deputy Minister of the Rexton City Organization Department, Michael Hall held a primary division-level position.

Whereas, Cornell Morgan was merely a deputy division-level cadre.

The former was half a grade higher than the latter.

Yet Michael Hall addressed him as "you," which pleased Cornell Morgan very much. He quickly said: "Minister Liu, what are you saying? If you come over, even if I'm busy, I should spare some time to have tea with you, right?"

Soon.

A cup of tea was brewed.

Cornell Morgan placed it in front of Michael Hall and said: "Minister Liu, I heard that the new Minister of the Organization Department was personally escorted by Fabian Vincent?"

"Ha ha, Secretary Zhao's man, really high and mighty, just took office and already gave me a hard time. As the city's executive deputy minister, I'm not as influential as a minister of a county-level city."

While saying this.

Michael Hall kept staring at Cornell Morgan.

As expected.

The muscles on Cornell Morgan's face twitched. He asked: "Fabian Vincent's man?"

"Of course, otherwise why wouldn't he give me any face?"

Michael Hall intentionally depicted Dirk Carter as an arrogant person.

To give Cornell Morgan a sense of crisis.

After all, Cornell Morgan was quite troubled by Fabian Vincent this time, and he also harbored grievances.

As expected.

As soon as Michael Hall finished this sentence.

Cornell Morgan chuckled coldly and said: "Minister Liu, don't be angry. Little brother will handle this for you."

"Oh? Mayor Morgan, aren't you afraid Secretary Zhao will cause more trouble?"

"Heh, am I afraid of him? Does he really think he's all that powerful? Okay, leave this matter to little brother. Come, have some tea."

With this promise.

Michael Hall was overjoyed.

Thinking to himself: "Dirk Carter, just you wait, you'll get what's coming."

...

At three in the afternoon.

Under the guidance of Brady Young, the office director of the Organization Department.

Dirk Carter held a brief introductory meeting with the main leaders of the Koryn City Committee Organization Department.

Except for Deputy Minister Genevieve, who is also the executive deputy secretary of the County Committee's Direct Agency Working Committee and was on sick leave, all other supervisory leaders attended.

The meeting was presided over by Randolph Griffin, Executive Deputy Minister and Director of the County's Human Resources Bureau.

Overall, the atmosphere was quite pleasant.

You should never think that the Organization Department is simply a staffing institution responsible for the assessment and promotion of cadres. In fact, the Organization Department is considered a rather large department within a primary party committee.

Koryn City Committee Organization Department alone has more than ten internal institutions, namely the Office (Research Room), Organization Section (Party Representative Liaison Work Section), Cadre Section (Cadre Comprehensive Section), Talent Work Section, New Economy New Social Organization Party Building Section, Management of Institutional Staffing Section, Institutional Staffing Supervision Section, Agency Mass Work Section, Agency Organization Promotion Section, and Senior Cadre Work Section.

Moreover, many offices function as one institution with two signs.

In addition.

The leaders of the Organization Department also hold multiple positions.

For example, the Executive Deputy Minister Randolph Griffin also acts as the Director of the County's Human Resources Bureau.

Deputy Minister Fridolin Golding also serves as the Director of the Senior Cadres Bureau, among other roles.

Without some means, one cannot sustain such a huge department.

People say being a leader is easy: just give orders, but in truth, being a leader is much harder than being a subordinate.

Before this, in every position Dirk Carter held, he was either a subordinate or an assistant. At that time, his primary duty was to get things done.

Even when he was the director of the Kenton County Education Bureau, it was only a small unit, incomparable to the Organization Department of a county-level city.

Now as the head of the Organization Department.

It's not just about getting things done; more importantly, it's about managing people well.

Managing people is much harder than managing affairs.

This is why people often say it's easy to be a general, but hard to be a marshal.

As a decision-maker, if you can't manage people well, you can't ensure orders are followed. If you have to do everything yourself, what's the use of being the head?

Although the first day passed unremarkably like this.

Dirk Carter also knew.

Today will certainly be the easiest day since he became the Minister of the Koryn City Committee Organization Department.

Starting tomorrow, various challenges will officially come flooding in.

Originally, in the evening, the Municipal Committee and Municipal Government had arranged a welcoming banquet for Dirk Carter.

But since Secretary Jeff Hughes won't return until tomorrow.

The welcoming banquet was postponed by a day.

After work, Dirk Carter contacted The Leopard Cat.

After getting their address, he took a taxi and headed over.

Just as the taxi Dirk Carter was riding in left the Municipal Committee Compound entrance, another taxi stopped at the gate.

After the car door opened.

A young man hurriedly got out of the car.

In three quick steps, he swiftly entered the organizational department office area located on the 9th floor of the office building.

At this time.

In Randolph Griffin's office.

Besides him, there was also a man and a woman.

The man was Deputy Minister Fridolin Golding, and the woman, who looked in her forties, was a member of the Organizational Department's Business Meeting and Director of the County Talent Development Service Center, Hugh Ford.

Judging by the look on their faces, they were all very nervous.

At this moment, the office door was roughly opened with a bang.

The young man who dashed up gasped for breath as he rushed in.

Randolph Griffin stood up sharply and asked: "Quickly, how is it?"

The young man took a few deep breaths and said: "Gene...Genevieve, Genevieve indeed went to Blackstone Town, it seems... it seems Eladio Shelby's matter can't be covered up..."